Caligus curtus

{{Short description|Species of crustacean}}

{{Speciesbox

| image = PSM V08 D695 Female caligulus elegans.jpg

| image_upright = 0.5

| image_caption = Female Caligus curtus

| genus = Caligus

| species = curtus

| authority = O. F. Müller, 1785

| synonyms =

• Caligulus elegans
• Caligus elegans van Beneden, 1851

}}

Caligus curtus is a sea louse species.{{ITIS|id=89021|taxon=Caligus curtus}} It is a parasite of the Atlantic cod.{{cite journal |first1=Diana |last1=Perdiguero-Alonso |author2=Francisco E. Montero |author3=Juan Antonio Raga |author4=Aneta Kostadinova |name-list-style=amp |title=Composition and structure of the parasite faunas of cod, Gadus morhua L. (Teleostei: Gadidae), in the North East Atlantic |journal=Parasites & Vectors |year=2008 |volume=1 |issue=1 |page=23 |doi=10.1186/1756-3305-1-23 |doi-access=free |pmc=2503959 |pmid=18638387 }}